Arizona weekly enterprise., 1887-12-31
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Arizona News.
 Three inches of snow fell in Tucson last week
 Mir. J. J Sweeney and Miss H. Lillian Kelley were married in Phenix on the 21st.
 4 brother of Supt. John o Douqhertv died at Total Wreck, in Pima county, last week.
 The thermometer reached nine de grees above zero at Prescott, one night this winter.
 MT. B. c. Fox and Miss Jessie F. Bemis were married in Globe on De- cember 20th.
 Work is to be resumed on the Hope, (Mac Mol rls) and Golden Eagle groups of mines II ear Globe.
 Watermelons were picked from the vines in Salt river valley on December r 23rd, untouched by the frost.
 Gov. Zulick left Prescott last Monday for visit cast to attend the marriage of his daughter to Lieutenant Ramsey on January 4th.
 The Gila River section house was de- stroyed by fire early Friday morning Section Foreman Edward Burke was fearfully burned, probably fatally.
 T. S. Bullock, manager of the Prescott & Arizona Central railroad, has written to Phenix parties to learn what induce ment will be offered for the exte nsron of his road to that city.
 Harry Barnhart reports increased ac- tivlty among the mines on the lower San Pedro, and says that several large sales of copper properties will probably Le an- nounced in a week or so.-Citizen.
 County Treasurer Ritter of Cochise county, has set up a claim for fee of per cent for collecting taxes for the years 1S8o-6, amounting to over $6,00O, and purposes holding out the money from taxes received this year. The courts will decide the matter.
 Some curiosity has been excited on the part of persons travelling on the Phe- nix and Tempe road, at what appears to be ten or twelve comparatively new made l graves, just beyond he old ruins on the Grand canal. No one seems to know who are buried there. --Arizonan.
 The Silver Belt is informed that on Friday of last week, during carousal of Indians, at which tswin was freely imbibed, near Lieut.. Fowler's camp on the Gila, west of Camp Thomas, free fight ensued, and one buck was killed The Idnian who did the killing escaped. and friends of the one murdered thought to get revenge by killing his squaw, but she succeeded in reaching Lieut.. Fowler's camp and gave inform ation Of the killing.
 1 An accident occurred at one of the mines of the Detroit Copper company last "Wednesday, whereby Fernando Por- tillns, miner, lost his life. It seems blast was set in tunnel and the min CTS engaged in putting It in, after light. ing the fuse, went out one end of the tunnel and POrtillos entered at one end. unconscious of any danger. When just abreast ot the charge it exploded, njur Ing the unfortunate man internally and causing compound fracture of the right leg. The poor fellow fingered until la 1t Saturday, when death put an end to his sutferings Clarion
 Governor Zulick has granted a con- ditional pardon to Barney Rises, the life convict, who saved Superintendent Gates life during the recent outbreak al the Territorial prison, at 'he extreme peril of his own life If ever a man mer. lted pardon it was Baruey Riggs. The conditions, however, of his pardon are that he leave and remain away from the Territory. Tbese conditions were i'm posed by Governor Zulick on account .r representations made by court officials of Cochise county that Riggs had madc threats against the lives of certain wit nesses against him at tke time of his tlial